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Dunno if this will take off, but I have an idea for a challenge. The idea is that you play 26 games where the title for each game starts with a different letter of the alphabet. For example, A is “Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana”, B is “Bravely Default”, etc. The point is to get you to play games you wouldn’t play normally to satisfy the conditions for a certain letter, finish games in your backlog, and have fun while we’re at it. I really am not sure whether to set time conditions for this challenge, have a contest to see who can complete it first, or just have fun with it. Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome!

I like this idea as another way to pick neglected games from my backlog - but would suggest not having a time limit unless there are many others who want one... I'm the kind of person that will probably give up on the whole thing if I miss one deadline, which is likely as it's not a huge priority =)

I like this idea as another way to pick neglected games from my backlog - but would suggest not having a time limit unless there are many others who want one... I'm the kind of person that will probably give up on the whole thing if I miss one deadline, which is likely as it's not a huge priority =)

I was kind of thinking the same thing actually! Thanks for your input!

Could start it with the new year alongside the yearly gaming challenge we have going, I think 26 in a year is a good number, maybe add games that start with 0-9 too, if you wanted. Maybe go through it a second, third, etc. time for bonus points?

A lot of the fime I feel like the enjoyment of a game is down to circumstance, the right game for the right time. I never understand these self imposed challenges in attempt to force your way through a backlog, not that I ever participate anyway.

A lot of the fime I feel like the enjoyment of a game is down to circumstance, the right game for the right time. I never understand these self imposed challenges in attempt to force your way through a backlog, not that I ever participate anyway.

I participate just as a fun little side thing. I don't center my backlog around these challenges, rather I play what I want and see what games fit which categories. It's an added sense of accomplishment, kinda.

A lot of the fime I feel like the enjoyment of a game is down to circumstance, the right game for the right time. I never understand these self imposed challenges in attempt to force your way through a backlog, not that I ever participate anyway.

for me it's not about "forcing" anything, it's more of a way to look at about 2,000 games and decide on one to play - hopefully one that I wouldn't otherwise have thought of right away. At the same time I'm always playing whatever I'm in the mood for, but I usually have multiple games on the go - we all approach these things differently =)

Interesting idea and except for the letters X and Y I've games in my backlog that would fit. I wouldn't buy any new games just for having something that begins with X or Y. For those I would pick alternatives.If I participate I wouldn't care about any time limit or the order of the games. Mainly because I've already planned my replay of the Tomb Raider classics as well as my KH backlog that I planned to finished before KH III. So two of my "gaming slots" are already in use by TR and KH leaving just the 4h slot for other stuff.

Interesting idea and except for the letters X and Y I've games in my backlog that would fit. I wouldn't buy any new games just for having something that begins with X or Y. For those I would pick alternatives.If I participate I wouldn't care about any time limit or the order of the games. Mainly because I've already planned my replay of the Tomb Raider classics as well as my KH backlog that I planned to finished before KH III. So two of my "gaming slots" are already in use by TR and KH leaving just the 4h slot for other stuff.

Yeah, I am thinking to have no time limit and also it is not a rule that you have to play the games in the consecutive order of the alphabet. That would be dumb, haha!

Oh, another thing! If there is absolutely no game in your backlog/plan to play that starts with a certain letter and you still wanna finish the alphabet, you could play a game where a word in the title starts with said letter ie playing “Tales of Zestiria” for the letter Z...

Are you going to do a topic like last year to get some ideas for the challenge?

Not a threat for suggestions, those have been welcome all year round in the regular thread. I go through and copy paste em all through the year into a document and then choose from that... so I've got next year's done. But suggestions in the next challenge thread can be put toward 2020's list! :D

Well, I won't make a list now. I'll just pick them when I'm in search for a game to play. I know from other challenges that picking games ahead of time and playing them later doesn't work for me as my mood and taste regarding games that I like to play changes too fast for something like this.

Not a threat for suggestions, those have been welcome all year round in the regular thread. I go through and copy paste em all through the year into a document and then choose from that... so I've got next year's done. But suggestions in the next challenge thread can be put toward 2020's list! :D

Oh, I see!I checked this year's challenge and I recognize a couple of my suggestions from last year!